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American composer (1906-1996)
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Piano Potpourri, No. 6 (CD Reviews)
[…] Arc II, is Earth’s center, grief, loss, the lowest we can reach. The return trip, Arc III, is one of excitement and renewal, filled with the joy of rebirth and anticipation of a better future.” He goes on to give a quick preview and chronological overview: Arc I (Granados, Janacek, Scriabin) from before World War I; Arc II (Ravel, Shostakovich, Brahms) from during World Wars I and II, during times of grief; Arc III (Schubert, Debussy, Brahms, Dohnanyi, Talma) from young composers, times of joy, after World War I and after World War II.As Arc I begins, both the quality of the engineering and the quality of the musicianship reveal themselves quickly. In the Goyescas, Weiss displays a delicate touch that gives a dreamy feel to the music as it begins to unfold. His fingers are able to manipulate the keyboard with a delicacy and grace that can’t help but draw the listener in. […]
2018-09-29 05:20:00
Classical Music News of the Week, September 29, 2018
[…] Season The San Francisco Girls Chorus (SFGC) and Artistic Director Valérie Sainte-Agathe open the organization's 40th anniversary concert season on Thursday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Herbst Theatre with "Mademoiselle: An American Inspiration." Saluting the influence of French composer Nadia Boulanger on some of the most important composers in American history, the program will showcase works by Nadia and the music of Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Samuel Barber, Virgil Thompson, David Conte and Louise Talma. Also featured is a selection of works by her sister, Lili Boulanger, in honor of the centennial anniversary of her tragic death. Lyric tenor Nicholas Phan makes his SFGC debut performing songs by Nadia and Lili Boulanger, Copland, and Bernstein. For more information, visit sfgirlschorus.org --Brenden Guy PRFirst Annual Andrew Park Composition Prize Winners Announced The Andrew Park Foundation has named composers June Young Kim (South Korea) and Joseph Lee (USA) prize-winners in the […]
2018-08-25 04:51:00
Classical Music News of the Week, August 25, 2018
[…] commissions by Fred Frith, Richard Danielpour, and Aviya Kopelman; debut performances by tenor Nicholas Phan, contralto Kirsten Sollek, and Persian vocalist Mahsa Vahdat; the audience-favorite holiday concert at Davies Symphony Hall featuring Kronos Quartet and women's chorus Musae; and a five-performance summer tour to England and France in July 2019. This season's repertoire encompasses a breadth of works from ten prominent women composers that span eleven centuries, including Hildegard von Bingen, Lili and Nadia Boulanger, Talma Louise, Aleksandra Vrebalov, Reena Esmail, Kaija Saariaho, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Mahsa Vahdat and Aviya Kopelman. For complete information, visit sfgirlschorus.org --Brenden Guy PRYo-Yo Ma Introduces New Amazon Alexa Skill Following the Friday premiere of Six Evolutions – Bach: Cello Suites, Yo-Yo Ma brings his voice to all Amazon Alexa-enabled devices with Yo-Yo Ma's "Musical Moments." In 36 short episodes, Ma will take listeners on a journey through the music of J.S. Bach, sharing snippets […]
2017-07-25 23:19:00
[…] Why, I'm going to take the list down to the present, even. Vaughan Williams, Holst, Britten, Bax, Bridge, R. Strauss, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Copland, Martinu, Kaprálová, I. Fine, Shapero, Bartok, Kodaly, Orff, Schmidt, Zemlinsky, Schreker, Messiaen, Barber, Villa-Lobos, Korngold, Ives, Puccini, Ravel, de Falla, Ruggles, Nancarrow, Cage, Sibelius, Nielsen, Bloch, Leifs, Sallinen, Grainger, Varese, Ibert, Ravel, Honegger, Milhaud, Sorabji, Moore, Ornstein, Piston, Hanson, Hindemith, Thomson, Thompson, Gershwin, Haas, Poulenc, Durufle, Walton, Hartmann, Rautavaara, Pärt, Talma, Saariaho, Salonen, Lindberg, Holmboe, Aaho, Menotti, Hovhaness, Takemitsu, Hermann, Lutoslawski, A. Panufnik, Gal, Diamond, Glass, Reich, Dutilleux, Ginastera, JL Adams, JC Adams, Harrison, Cowell, Partch, Bernstein, Weinberg, Arnold, Simpson, J. Anderson, Higdon, Adamo, Corigliano, Harbison, Feldman, Hyla, Hoiby, Kurtag, Ligeti, Thorvaldsdottir, Davies, Kancheli, Gubaidulina, Susa, Young, Riley, Silver, Lieberson, Del Tredici, Wilson, Bolcom, Rzewski, Crumb, Benjamin, Zwillich, A.R. Thomas, M.T. Thomas, Chin, Adès, Shaw, Wolf...and on and on and on. Yeah, I snuck a […]
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